Re: database systems and organizational intelligence
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:52:41 -0500
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"x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:40b74d14$1_at_post.usenet.com...
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> "Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_at_ncs.es> wrote in message
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> > On Thu, 27 May 2004 14:36:44 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > >OK.
> > >As you have seen, your statement that "Everybody knows" is not true.
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> > Indeed, I was too optimist.
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> I had a revelation :-)
> Data consists of "pointers" to the outside of the computer.
> Code consists of "pointers" to the inside of the computer.
> Unless the data is about the inside of the computer ...
I kinda like that. "Pointers" of course, form the domain of a function that maps the pointers to whatever they are referencing. It's all functions ;-)
> > >A code is a set of rules (of behavior, of encoding) but is also used to
> > >denote the result of encoding.
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> > No, it is not a set of rules, it is a sequence of instructions.
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> A sequence of keystrokes can be seen as a sequence of instructions.
> So data entry must be coding ...
Yup, it's all data, it's all functions. smiles. --dawn Received on Fri May 28 2004 - 19:52:41 CEST